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Milwaukee Harvesting Equipment Advertising Poster

Date: 1913
Description: Advertising poster showing a Milwaukee brand mower, grain binder, hay rake and reaper manufactured by International Harvester Company. Features a color ill...
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Child Laborers Bringing Fibre Down From Mountains

Date: 1910
Description: Procession of child laborers carrying bundles of twine fibre (fiber) down from the mountains in the Philippines. The fibre was likely used by International...
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African American Tenant Farmers Picking Cotton

Date: 1900
Description: Men, women, and children - likely tenant farmers or "sharecroppers" - picking cotton by hand.
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Farmer and Son on F-12 Tractor

Date: 10 27 1936
Description: Farmer Sam Tanaka posing with his son on a Farmall F-12 tractor in a cauliflower field.
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Farm Family Poses with McCormick Grain Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Men, women and children posing in a field with a horse-drawn McCormick grain binder.
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Horse-Drawn Reaper near Windmill

Date: 1905
Description: Man and a boy working with a horse-drawn reaper in a field. The reaper is likely a model or replica of the McCormick reaper of 1831. A windmill is in the b...
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Mexican Workers in Field

Date: 06 29 1928
Description: Group of Mexican workers posing in front of a large stack of hay. Most of the people are wearing hats, many of them sombreros, and worn clothing. Several p...
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Boy and Girl Working in the Field

Date: 1917
Description: A girl and a boy doing field work beside a wagon.
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Family Weeding Garden

Date: 08 1914
Description: John Van Ness and his niece and nephew removing weeds from their "truck patch." Mr. Van Ness is using a hoe.
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Deering Ideal Corn Binder

Date: 1911
Description: A man and three children gather around a man operating a horse-drawn Deering Ideal corn binder in E. Nyquist's cornfield.
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Field Workers

Date: 1910
Description: A group of workers stack corn shocks in a field while a small child and dog stand in the foreground. A horse-drawn corn binder is in the background.
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Mogul 25 HP Tractor and Grain Binders

Date: 1912
Description: A line of grain binders pulled by an International Harvester Mogul 25 hp tractor. A young boy is leaning against a stack of grain in the foreground.
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Grain Binders in Field

Date: 1902
Description: A group of farmers, including several young girls and boys, using two horse-drawn McCormick grain binders to harvest a crop.
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Corn Binder in Field

Date: 1902
Description: Two men standing by a corn binder in a field while a young girl is sitting on a horse.
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Farmer Operating Reaper with Children Nearby

Date: 1905
Description: A farmer operating a horse-drawn self-rake reaper while children are following close by.
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International Model S Truck Loaded with Hay

Date: 11 18 1926
Description: A man and a young boy are sitting in the cab of an International Model S truck loaded with bales of hay as men with horses are working in the background. T...
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Butch Quick Carries Seed Bucket

Date: 04 1964
Description: Thirteen-year-old John "Butch" Quick carrying a bucket of seed toward his Cub Cadet tractor.
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Boys Working in Field

Date: 04 15 1925
Description: Boys using hand tools to work in a field. A mule-drawn wagon is in the background. They are all wearing hats and overalls.
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Farmall H with Lug Wheels

Date: 1941
Description: John Hanna uses a Farmall H with lug wheels and a Little Genius 2-14 bottom plow to work in a field while a boy looks on from the left.
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Mower in Field

Date: 1900
Description: A man is using what appears to be a mower drawn by two horses to work in a field. Farm buildings and other workers are in the background, as well as child...

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